However, despite being objectively better, AMD has decided to sell the new XT parts alongside the X (and Non-X for the Ryzen 5) variant, at a low price increase. So for today, what we'll be checking out is the most affordable variant, the Ryzen 5 3600XT. Specifications, Price, Unboxing The Ryzen 5 3600XT received a minor 100MHz increase to its boost speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3600X variant. Test Setup and Overclocking To test the Ryzen 5 3600XT, we used the following setup: [table id=1490 /] Author's Note: We downgraded the BIOS from the latest version 3.20 to 1.40, as we experienced instability with anything but the stock configuration. We tested both the single and multi-core performance of the CPU, and we got the following results: Here we can see overclocking the Ryzen 5 3600XT nets 8.5% performance gains on the multi-core score over the out of the box configuration. With sufficient cooling, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has proven to be a capable processor, of overclocking the Ryzen 5 3600XT does not net significant gains, CPU Tests: Gaming Benchmarks Next up are gaming benchmarks. Here, the Ryzen 5 3600XT managed to consistently hit the 200FPS frame cap, save for instances when there were a lot of explosions and bullets going on in the screen. Read more in our articles including "AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT Review" and "AMD Ryzen 3000XT Series CPUs, A520 motherboards, unveiled".
However, despite being objectively better, AMD has decided to sell the new XT parts alongside the X (and Non-X for the Ryzen 5) variant, at a low price increase. So for today, what we'll be checking out is the most affordable variant, the Ryzen 5 3600XT.
Specifications, Price, Unboxing The Ryzen 5 3600XT received a minor 100MHz increase to its boost speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3600X variant. Test Setup and Overclocking To test the Ryzen 5 3600XT, we used the following setup: [table id=1490 /] Author's Note: We downgraded the BIOS from the latest version 3.20 to 1.40, as we experienced instability with anything but the stock configuration. We tested both the single and multi-core performance of the CPU, and we got the following results: Here we can see overclocking the Ryzen 5 3600XT nets 8.5% performance gains on the multi-core score over the out of the box configuration.
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